Courage and Her Children” by Bertolt Brecht took place during the 30 Years’ War in Europe. The whole play revolved around the survival of a lower class family‚ trying to live through the harsh war with their canteen wagon business. Each scene in the play contained the factors of religious‚ honesty‚ war‚ loyalty‚ and family. The theme of “Mother Courage and Her Children” was maternity‚ due to the fact that Mother Courage’s sense of coldhearted business caused her become unable to protect her children
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Soonerthon is a year-long fundraising event ending with a twelve-hour dance marathon in the spring. All the proceeds raised benefits The Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City through funding medical research and family support programs. The programming committee is in charge of planning every minute of the twelve-hour event dance marathon. Within the committee‚ my personal responsibility was to design and organize a children’s carnival at the main event for the “miracle kids” from the hospital. The
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Social cliques are made up of a group of people all becoming friends. In her essay‚ “Queen Bee and Her Court‚” Rosalind Wiseman states “cliques are sophisticated‚ complex‚ and multilayered‚ and every girl has a role within them.” In high school‚ everyone struggles to be themselves and find their place; therefore; some comply with being in a social clique and follow the path of others. Moreover‚ every high schooler has dealt with peer pressure within their cliques. Peer pressure is the influence from
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The Right Perspective Men and women do not always see things the same way‚ and often time’s‚ men consider themselves as superior to women because of their way of thinking. In “Jury of Her Peers”‚ the men‚ Mr. Peters‚ Mr. Hale‚ and Dr. Lloyd‚ are trying to solve the murder case and leave the women to their “trifles” in the kitchen while they work on the case. The men in the story seem to think that they are the
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character‚ wants proof of many things‚ mainly proof that she isn’t crazy like her dad ended up being‚ and establish her own legacy. She also wanted to prove that the prime number proof that she led Harold Dobbs to find is her work‚ and not her dad’s. I think that her main proof is to sort of separate herself from her father‚ because the movie starts with Catherine talking to her deceased father‚ asking and discussing the nature of her father’s craziness‚ and if she will end up crazy just like him. I think
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Wells-Barnett and Her Passion for Justice Lee D. Baker Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a fearless anti-lynching crusader‚ suffragist‚ women’s rights advocate‚ journalist‚ and speaker. She stands as one of our nation’s most uncompromising leaders and most ardent defenders of democracy. She was born in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi in 1862 and died in Chicago‚ Illinois 1931 at the age of sixty-nine. Although enslaved prior to the Civil War‚ her parents were able to support their seven children because her mother was
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semi-literate. In “Our Semi-literate Youth? Not So Fast” by Andrea Lunsford‚ she discusses the results of her research on the effects of technology on the writing of college students. After studying the writing of college students for thirty years‚ Lunsford discovers that technology allows students to write more‚ develop different writing skills and embrace collaborative writing. For example‚ today students are writing more than they ever have. This is because technology gives students the opportunity to write
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Martin Daisy Miller was not the average young European woman during the 1800’s. Much like Huckleberry Finn‚ Daisy‚ coming from America did not want to conform to the norms of European society. She wanted to be her own individual. While reading Daisy Miller there were three common themes that arose which led me to believe that Daisy could be addressed as the female version of Huck Finn. Some of the themes include: the constant search for freedom‚ rejecting the norms of society‚ and the uncultured
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follows Chris Washington‚ an African American‚ and his white girlfriend Rose Armitage. Chris is traveling for the weekend to meet Rose’s parents for the very first time. During their first interactions‚ Rose’s parents do not know how to comprehend that their daughter is dating a person from another race. Immediately‚ Rose’s parents treat Chris differently than they would any other normal human being. They see it necessary to treat him differently because he is an African American. They can barely create
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In fact‚ there are no words to describe his achievements‚ except he was a great man. Thus‚ the Indians gave him the title "Mahatma" which means Great. Mr Gandhi was very passionate about the ethical treatment of animals. He abhorred the killing of animals for food. According to him‚ a person’s morality can be measured by his or her treatment of animals. Thus‚ I became a vegetarian at a young age despite parental objection. I fervently believed in his compassion for animals and like him I believe
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